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    “Some dreams truly are ‘impossible dreams.’ However, many aren’t. Knowing the difference is often one of the first steps to finding your element, because if you can see the chances of making a dream come true, you can also likely see the necessary next steps you need to take toward achieving it.” ~ Ken Robinson, The Element

        “That’s what building a body of work is all about. It’s about the daily labor, the many individual acts, the choices large and small that add up over time, over a lifetime to a lasting legacy. It’s about not being satisfied with the latest achievement, the latest gold star, because the one thing I know about a body of work is that it’s never finished. It’s cumulative. It deepens and expands with each day you give your best. You may have setbacks and you may have failures, but you’re not done. You haven’t even started.” ~ Barack Obama

          “I’ve come to embrace the notion that I haven’t done enough in my life. I’ve come to confirm that one’s title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one’s life has been led. No matter how much you’ve done or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.” ~ Barack Obama

            “If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.” ~ Anna Quindlen

              “There is a direct relationship between joy and effort. The joy of success is in ratio to the amount of effort expended to achieve it.” ~ Denis Waitley

                “I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.” ~ David Beckham

                  “Never mistake activity for achievement.” ~ John Wooden

                    “It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.” ~ Henry Ford

                      “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” ~ Henry Ford

                        “Empty pockets never held anyone back.  Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale

                          “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.  I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says ‘we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals, we can be the best.  ‘Spare me the grim litany of the ‘realist;’ give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.” ~ Colin Powell

                            “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ~ Helen Keller

                              “Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.” ~ Wilfred Peterson

                                “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” ~ Zig Ziglar

                                  “If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.” ~ Zig Ziglar

                                    “Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                                      “Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                                        “One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” ~ Anthony Robbins